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Sunday, 20 January 2013

Reflection on today’s gospel 10

As I was going to church service this
morning it was snowing and I saw on my way a man and his two little daughters throwing
snow-packs while playing in the snow. I was intrigued and I stopped to watch a little
bit. Unfortunately, the father-daughters snow game that had intrigued me and made
me to stop, even though I was freezing out, came to an abrupt end when
the younger kid fell on the ground and rolled down. She tried to get up but she
tripped on the slippery snow and fell. Again, she tried and there she fell the
second time. She wanted to have a third go but her sister hinted she should
not, rather should wait for their daddy to come and get her. But their daddy,
cracked up by the scenario, wanted his daughter to come herself. So she
insisted she should get up and promised her she wouldn’t fall. Though the girl’s
sister kept saying teasingly she would fall again, the little girl didn't heed but
did as her dad had said. And there stood on her feet and walked to her daddy
with no falls. What struck me in that scenario was what the little girl told
her cheeky sister before she got up and walked. She said, I won’t fall because dad said I wouldn’t fall. She believed she wouldn’t
fall once she stood up the way her dad had instructed. That was FAITH!

While in church I began to link the
little girl’s faith in her dad to the message of faith today’s gospel reading centered on and it was amazing how the
girl’s faith could set her free from falling the third time. Today’s reading, John
2:1-12, is a call for us to
reconsider the level of our faith in God. Before Jesus changed the water into
wine, he had not done any miracles; people barely knew him or the significance
of his mission on earth. But his mother, Mary, knew him and believed in him. Truly,
it is surprising how she believed his son would do something when the wine was
gone even though it was not yet his time. This is just a revelation to us of
the extent having faith in someone can transform situations. Mary saying to the
disciples, “Do whatever he tells you”
is really a confirmation of faith in God.

Today, we are reminded that there are
blessings abound when we have faith in God. We saw how the wine turned out to
be best of all the previous wines served at the wedding. And we can imagine how
blessed the host, who did not know prior to the wedding who Jesus was, turned
out to be. We are, therefore, called upon to mull over the blessings that will come
to us when we invite Jesus and Mary to our events. Events do not necessarily
mean moments of fun. Events represent various circumstances we are passing
through in our lives.

If we heed this call and come closer to
him taking recourse to the examples, like we have been shown, representing the images of Christ’s behaviour in different shades of colour, we
will be rest assured that we will never fall short of his blessings and
promises. Even when we are not receptive of God’s calling, he honours our
invitation.